Hair Loss Remedy 

Hair Loss Remedy  Hair Loss Treatment  Hair Loss Product

It's easier to prevent the falling out of healthy hairs than to regrow hair in follicles that are already dormant. f thast failas then one must decide on a hair loss remedy.

Hair Loss Prescription  and Non-Prescription Drugs

Finasteride (marketed in the U.S. as Propecia -- prescription) and Minoxidil (marketed in the U.S. as Rogaine, and some places as Regaine -- non-prescription) are drugs that have reported having shown some success in partially reversing loss. In a one-year study of Propecia, evaluation after one year showed five of 21 subjects (23.8%) had two-grade improvement in MNHS grade on a modified Norwood/Hamilton scale and 12 of 21 subjects (57.1%) had one-grade improvement; the others remained at the same grade.  

Interestingly, placebo treatments in studies often have reasonable success rates, though not as high as the products being tested, and even similar side-effects as the products. For example, in Finasteride (Propecia) studies, the percent of patients with any drug-related sexual adverse experience was 3.8% compared with 2.0% in the placebo group.

Please be aware there are side effects and serious side effects sometimes with these drugs.  Go a more natural way if possible.  Taking these drugs would require many months of exposure.

Hair Loss Products  - Topical Application

Topical application of ketoconazole, which is both an anti-fungal and a potent 5-alpha reductase inhibitor, is often used as a supplement to other approaches.

Immunosuppressants applied to the scalp have been shown to temporarily reverse alopecia areata, though the side effects of some of these drugs make such therapy questionable.

While drastic, broad spectrum anti-androgens such as flutamide are sometimes used topically. Flutamide is potent enough to have a feminizing effect in men, including growth of the breasts.

Hair Loss Surgery

Surgery is another method of reversing hair loss and baldness, although it may be considered an extreme measure. The surgical methods used include hair transplantation, whereby hair-producing follicles are taken from the back and sides of the head and injected into bald or thinning areas.

Hair Loss Exercise

Regular aerobic exercise can help keep androgen levels (particularly free androgen levels) naturally lower while maintaining overall health, lowering stress and increasing SHBG. Studies done on subjects of various ages suggests that weight training alone may increase testosterone in studies where aerobic exercise (only) was compared to either weight training (only) or a moderately sedentary life.  One study suggests that both heavy exercise and increased fat intake, in combination, are required for increased free testosterone in strength trainers. However, there is at least one study that indicates a decline in free testosterone combined with an increase in strength due to an (unspecified) strength training regime.

Stress reduction can be helpful in slowing hair loss. (see Baldness Folklore)

Hair Loss Natural Treatment

Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) is an herbal DHT inhibitor often claimed to be cheaper and have fewer side effects than finasteride and dutasteride. Unlike other 5alpha-reductase inhibitors, Serenoa repens induces its effects without interfering with the cellular capacity to secrete PSA. Saw palmetto extract has been demonstrated to inhibit both isoforms of 5-alpha-reductase unlike finasteride which only inhibits the (predominant) type 2 isoenzyme of 5-alpha-reductase .Saw Palmetto

Polygonum Multiflorum is a traditional Chinese cure for hair loss. Whether the plant itself is useful, the general safety and quality control of herbs imported from China can be questionable.

Beta Sitosterol, which is a constituent in many seed oils, can help to treat BHP by lowering cholesterol. If used for this purpose, an extract is best. Consuming large amounts of oil to get at small quantities of beta sitosterol is likely to exacerbate male pattern baldness.

Resveratrol, from grape skins, is a lipase inhibitor. By decreasing the body's ability to absorb fat through the intestine walls, it reduces the total fat and calorie content of a person's diet.

Future Hair Loss Remedies and Hair Loss Treatment

In March 2006, Curis announced that it had received the first preclinical milestone, a $1,000,000 cash payment, in its hair growth program with Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, a division of The Procter & Gamble Company. The program is focused on the potential development of a topical Hedgehog agonist for hair growth disorders, such as male pattern baldness and female hair loss.

In October 2006, UK biotechnology firm Intercytex announced they have successfully tested a method of removing hair follicles from the back of the neck, multiplying them and then reimplanting the cells into the scalp (hair multiplication). The initial testing resulted in 70% of male patients regrowing hair. This treatment method is expected to be available to the public by 2009.